Game Machine User Interface Using a Non-Contact Eye Motion Recognition Device

1. A gaming machine comprising: a player tracking device configured to receive player tracking information associated with a player; a non-contact eye motion recognition device configured to capture eye motion data, wherein the gaming machine is configured to decode the captured eye motion data into inputs to the gaming machine for play of a game of chance on the gaming machine, wherein the captured eye motion data are decoded using personalization files stored as the player tracking information associated with the player, and wherein the gaming machine is configured to maintain a history of the captured eye motion data and the inputs decoded from the captured eye motion data within a memory; a display configured to display a plurality of input options for selection by the player, the plurality of input options selectable based on the inputs to the gaming machine; a master gaming controller configured to present one or more games of chance; and a playback interface controlled and generated by the master gaming controller, the playback interface configured to access the personalization files and the history of the captured eye motion data and, in the event of a dispute, to play back the captured eye motion data and play back a portion of the game of chance in which the inputs decoded from the captured eye motion data were used after the game of chance has been played.

2. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the player tracking information includes a player tracking identification number.

3. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the player tracking device further comprises one or more of a card reader, a wireless interface, a smart card reader, an RFID tag reader, a bar-code reader, a camera coupled to character recognition software, a microphone coupled to voice recognition software, or a combination thereof for transmitting the player tracking information.

4. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the gaming machine is configured to decode the captured eye motion data based on calibration information obtained during a gaming session.

5. A method for receiving input to a gaming machine comprising: receiving, by the gaming machine, player tracking information associated with a player, wherein the player tracking information includes personalized non-contact game play eye motions; determining, by the gaming machine, if the personalized non-contact game play eye motions are allowed within a current jurisdiction; displaying a plurality of input options to the player, the plurality of input options associated with a non-contact eye motion recognition device; associating a personalized non-contact game play eye motion with an input to the gaming machine; receiving captured eye motion data from the non-contact eye motion recognition device, wherein the captured eye motion data is captured from eye motions of the player and the eye motions of the player include motions associated with the personalized non-contact game play eye motions; decoding, by the gaming machine, the captured eye motion data using the player tracking information to provide the input to the gaming machine associated with the personalized non-contact game play eye motions; and storing a history of captured eye motion data and inputs decoded from the captured eye motion data and the personalized non-contact game play eye motions on a memory of the gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine is configured to locate an input and the captured eye motion data associated with the located input within the history and play back the located input and the captured eye motion data.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising allowing an authorized operator to access the history in the event of a dispute.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising locating and playing back a plurality of inputs and the captured eye motion data associated with the located inputs from the history stored on the memory.